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A facile synthesis of micro- and mesoporous carbons has been proposed using colloidal silica nanoparticles with diameter of ∼24 nm and poly(vinylidene chloride-co-vinyl chloride) (Saran) as a carbon precursor. The resulting carbons possessed large specific surface area, ∼800 m2/g, and approximately the same volume of micro- and mesopores, each about 50% of the total pore volume. While the size of micropores was around 1 nm, the large and uniform spherical mesopores (about 24 nm) resemble the diameters of silica colloids used. Nitrogen adsorption measurements proved that these mesopores were interconnected and accessible. The well-developed microporosity was created mainly by decomposition of Saran copolymer during carbonization.
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Choma, J., Zawiślak, A. & Górka, J. Synthesis and adsorption properties of colloid-imprinted mesoporous carbons using poly(vinylidene chloride-co-vinyl chloride) as a carbon precursor. Adsorption 15, 167–171 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-009-9166-9
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